2006 Bitch

Taste: 5/5

Value: 5/5

Price $11

I never would have bought this wine if not for the urging of my sister, who made her husband go on a pilgrimage to find it on a trip to OH last year. Now that I live here, I can get it whenever I want, and I will (I just wish it had a different name). From R Wines, this wine is 100% grenache from Australia. 90 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "Bitch Grenache is sourced from 40- to 60-year-old vines from the Ebenezer sub-region of the Barossa. With the price of Cotes du Rhone soaring due to the weak dollar, I am hard pressed to think of a better value in full-flavored Grenache. The 2006 Bitch Grenache received no oak treatment. Medium ruby-colored, it presents an alluring bouquet of earth, smoke, rhubarb, cherry, and strawberry. Supple, sweet, and tasty, this wine totally over-delivers for its humble price and is an exceptional value. Hear, Hear, Robert!